Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the above-mentioned works show that ballets based on the life of real people require that choreographers closely observe the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of all types of person and that they make them recognisable in order that they convey meaning . |
| 2 | Her self-confidence and certainty make her overbearing in discussion . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Emma apologized , as if her tears put them all in jeopardy . |
| 4 | While other options were being carried out , and before the text was ready to receive entries for completely new words and meanings , it might well be desirable to begin to assemble these new entries and hold them ready in advance , so as to speed production and make the best use of the system 's storage capacity . |
| 5 | Coordination and balance will be severely affected so much so that we hold ourselves rigid in order to avoid falling over . |
| 6 | He wondered if they put something trippy in shotgun or rifle cartridges . |
| 7 | However , mature men did wear beards in mourning , and the very earliest portraits of Octavian show him bearded in grief for the death of Julius Caesar . |
| 8 | We just put it all in Rentakil 's hands really , |
| 9 | that way you 're sure and then you put your own in bank , you know it 's there |
| 10 | ‘ They make you homeless in London . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Create something new in finance , ’ said Garvin , ‘ a new code , a new sub-heading , and that 's always the thing that gets picked out . |
| 12 | The effect of the section on this first analysis is , therefore , despite its mandatory language , to give the directors a discretion to act in the interests of the employees where they consider it appropriate in preference to those of the shareholders ; they do not have a practicably enforceable obligation to further employee interests . |
| 13 | that link us all in chains of fear |
| 14 | 'You tell me this in order to comfort me and make me able to betray you without rending my own heart . |
| 15 | Does my hon. Friend agree that any proposal to abolish the upper limit on national insurance contributions would mean that millions of people who could never remotely be regarded as rich would pay a great deal more in contributions and get nothing extra in benefits ? |
| 16 | Sow them all in pots of good compost then plunge them in a cinders bed — or sand — in the coldest part of the garden . |
| 17 | ‘ He had — I tell you this in confidence , Superintendent — he had , on the occasion of the annual Parents ’ Night , doctored with alcohol the fruit punch intended for the boarders who helped serve the modest refreshments . |
| 18 | Good software should allow the user to provide the minimum of information about what is required and get something useful in return . |
| 19 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 20 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 21 | Some women can become fixed in the ‘ negative pole ’ expression of image , however ; just as a woman can wear a rigid mask of beauty , so too she can go to the opposite extreme and deliberately make herself ugly in order to protect herself and demonstrate her anger against the world , or , possibly , her dislike of men . |
| 22 | It was essentially a masculine code , and those who often find it unacceptable in fiction may find some support in the comment of the Duchess of Omnium , regarding her noble husband 's often inconvenient scruples , that ‘ Men should n't be made of Sèvres china , but of good stone earthenware ’ . |
| 23 | Volleyball Partners find it tough in London |
| 24 | Under the scheme , Teesside youngsters who find themselves homeless in London would be helped to re-settle in the NorthEast . |
| 25 | ‘ It is important that we break the system into manageable tasks and tackle them each in turn , in order of priority . |
| 26 | They are both : tough on the values , tender in support of people who would dare to take a risk and try something new in support of these values . |
| 27 | They detect something phoney in Mr de Soto 's utopia of consensus , and something unconvincing in Mr Fujimori 's commitment to it . |
| 28 | I keep everything loose in glass jars ( you can wash and save any that you buy ) , which prolongs their life , rather than leaving them in the packets . |
| 29 | Keep it all in perspective . ’ |
| 30 | I promised him I 'd pass it on to his relatives if I could find them , anyway keep it safe in case he managed to get out too . |